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GIGARETTEMAGHINB.

No. 568,661. Patented Sept. 29, 1896.

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Patented Sept. 29, 1896.

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NO. 568,661. Patented Sept. 29, 1896.

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GEORGE F. CARLIE, OFNEV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF SEVEN-TENTHS TO VILLIAMM. COULLING, THOMAS F. GREEN, AND CHARLES K. COULLING, OF RICHMOND,VIRGINIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of I-.letters Patent No. 568,661, datedSeptember 29, 1896. Application led November 19,1895. Serial No.569,463. (NQ 11101161.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. CARLIE, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of New York, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCigarette- Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an all-tobacco-cigarette machine in which thetobacco, suitably prepared, is placed on a feed-belt which moves forwardintermittently, the tobacco being slightly compressed as it advancestoward a cutting-knife which 'cuts off a sufficient amount of tobacco toform a cigarette, the severed portion entering a rolling-apron whichrolls, compresses, and shapes it as a filler and applies to it a wrappermade from a t0- bacco-leaf, the cigarette thus made afterward passing toa support, where a pair of knives cut off its rough ends, thereby makingthe cigarette of predetermined length, it being finally ejected from themachine in a iinished state and ready for use or packing.

My improved means for producing the above result I have shown intheaccompanying drawings, in which- 1 Figure 1 is a front elevation of mymachine, Fig. 2 a side elevation, and Fig. 3 a plan thereof. Fig. 4 is avertical longitudinal section on the line 4 4. Fig. 5 is a sideelevation of the front end of my machine, showing the operative parts ina different position from that shown in Fig. 2. Figs. 6 and 7 are detailviews.

Similar numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the respectivefigures.

The main frame 1 of my machine stands on the floor and supports on itstop a table 2, and in suitable bearings below the table is journaled themain shaft 3. Bolted to the table 2, and extending back some distancebeyond and above it, is a secondary frame consisting of two side plates4 5, sepa-rated a short distance from each other. In the secondaryframe, near the forward end, I journal a shaft (3, lying parallel withthe main shaft and extending beyond the edge of the table, where it issupported by a bearing 7.

On the shaft G, between the side plates 4 5, I secure a roller 8, aroundwhich the tobacco .feed-belt 9 passes to the rear of the secondaryframe, where it encircles a similar roller 10, secured to a short shaftturning in adjustable bearings 11.

Keyed to the main shaft 3, outside of the main frame, is a crank-disk12, slotted diametrically, as shown at 13, in which a crankpin 14,movable toward or from the center, is fastened. A connecting-rod 15,through the lower end of which the pin 14 passes, extends upward andslightly backward, and is connected to a short varm 16, rocking looselyon the shaft 6 outside of the edge of the table, as shown in Figs. l and3. A ratchet-wheel 17, fast to the shaft 6, rotates within a slot c utin the short arm 16, which arm carries a pawl18, that engages with theratchet 17. It will thus be seen that the main shaft, driven by a belton pulley 19, will rotate the crankdisk 12, which, through the medium ofthe connecting-rod 15, vibrates the short arm 1G,

pivoted on the secondary shaft 6, and, by

means of the pawl-and-ratchet connection, imparts to t-he shaft 6 androller 8 an intermittent rotation. This intermittent rotation of therollerS causes the feed-belt to be moved forward step by step, for apurpose hereinafter explained.

Theside plates 4 5 4at their forward ends project upward and givesupport to a roller 20, mounted in adjustable bearings sliding in saidplates, and a second, but smaller, roller 21, journaled in the sideplates in adi vance of the roller 20. A belt 22 passes around these tworollers, which are in such relation to each other and the feed-belt 9that the two belts converge as they advance,

'thus compressing the tobacco between them.

A spur-gear on the shaft 6 engages a similar gear on the shaft of theroller20 to drive the latter.

A sufficient quantity of tobacco, suitably prepared, having been placedon. the feedbelt, it is advanced, step by step, until it reaches thebelt 22, which, having a downward inclination, compresses the tobacco onthe feed-belt. Shortly after reaching the compressing-belt 2:2 thefeedbelt disappears, passing downward around roller 8. The tobacco,however, continues to advance overa table 3l, being compressed by theupper belt, until it reaches the cutting and filler-forniing mechanismnow to be described.

On the outside of the plate 4 and at its front edge there is a bearing23, cast or otherwise secured tothe said plate, through which avertically-moving rod 2a slides, which rod carries on its upper end aknife 98. The lower end of the rod 24C carries a friction-roller 25,which engages with a properly-shaped cam-groove 2U, formed in the sideof a camwheel 27, keyed to the main shaft Sliding vertically in groovesformed in the side plates l 5 at the front edge, and in contact with theknife, is a weightor heavy plate 32, provided with pins 33, extendingforward over the top of the knife,which, as it rises, lifts the weight.

At the time the tobacco is moving forward the knife is in an elevatedposition, as is also the weight. Then the tobacco feed stops, asheretofore explained, a strip of tobacco extends beyond the edge of thetable 34. The knife and weight now descend, the weight resting on thetobacco, while the knife continues its downward movement until it hasentirely severed the projecting portion of tobacco. The knife thenrises, the weight in the meanwhile resting on the tobacco, as be fore,to prevent the knife from dragging any fibers of tobacco with it. Havingpassed the tobacco in its ascent, the top of the knife, engaging thepins 33, lifts the weight, the parts returning to the iirst position.

In the bearings 29 on the main frame l is journalcd a transverse shaft30, parallel with the main shaft, but below it. An arm 3l, havinga longbearing at its lower end, through which passes loosely the shaft 30, isalso provided with a friction-roller 35, bearin g against a cam 3G onthe main shaft, which, rotating, vibrates the arm to and fro. The upperend of the arm 3l is forked to pass on each side of a rolling-table 37.A roller 38 extends between the two arms of the fork above the table forrolling the cigarette, as described hereinafter.

The rollin g-table 37, which is secured to the main table 2 below thecutting mechanism, has the same width as the feeding-belt or the spacebetween the plates il 5-that is, somewhat wider than the length of afinished cigarette-and has its upper surface concentric with the shaft30. A depression 39 is made in the rollingtable, just under the knife.

A rolling-apron 40 is secured at one end to the front of the rolling-table, and at the other end to a take-up device, the shaft al of whichturns in bearings in the side plates -l 5 at the rear of the depression39. A crank-arm 42, on one end of the shaft 4l, is pivoted to aconnecting-bar al-2, extending down to the main shaft, which passesthrough a slot lf3 in the said bar and is guided thereby. A roller 4f,pivoted to the side of the arm 42, rests on a cam 45, which at theproper time raises the roller 44 and, through the connections, turns`the shaft Lil, winding the rollin g-apron there on and taking up theslack.

As the knife moves downward and cuts off enough tobacco for a filler thelatter is prevented from falling on the rolling-apron, which at thistime is not in position to receive it, by a plate 49, hinged to theframe and closing the space below the knife. As soon as the plate 4G,secured to the knife' head by rods 4:7, descends it pushes therolling-apron, which at this time is slack, before it, thus forming apocket to catch the filler as it drops from the plate 49, which by thistime has been turned down by means hercinafter described. The knife thenrises, and with it the plate liti. As soon as the lower edge of theplate 4G has been carried above the rolling-table the arm 3l advancesand carries with it the roller 38, which, being beneath the apron, foldsit over the filler. ly the time the roller and apron reach the corner Sof the rolling-table the cam 45 lifts the connecting-bar 4:2, which,through the crankarm connection, rotates the take-up shaft 41, whichwinds up the slack in the rolling-apron, thus forming a loop closelysurrounding the filler. The arm 3l, continuing its forward movement,rolls the cigarette on the table to compress it, during which operationthe wrapper is applied and pasted.

On the outer end of the pivot of the hinged plate 49 is secured an arm50, which is pivotcd at its outer end to an operating-rod 5l., and towhich motion is given by a cam 52 on the main shaft 3, engaging afriction-roller on the side of the connectingaod. Thus it will be seenthat the hinged plate 49 will be opened or closed as the cam raises orlowers the con necting-bar 5l, the said bar being guided by the mainshaft passing through a slot in its lower end, as shown.

I will new describe the means for applying and pasting the wrapper.Keyed to the shaft 30 are two lever-arms 53, placed one on each side ofthe long bearing of the arm 3l and extending toward the front of themachine beyond the main frame 1,where they turn upward and are united ashort distance above the level of the table 2 by a cross connection 54.Abackwardly-extending arm 55, secured to the shaft 30, is acted upon bya cam 5G, thus causing the arms to turn about the shaft 30 as an axis,carrying the plate 57 across the top of the rolling-table 37, which, beit remembered, is an arc described from the axis of the shaft 39 as acenter.

Screwed to the cross connection 5land extending rearwardly is a plate57, the side edges of which are turned under to form guides for asliding plate 58. The said plate 57 has on its upper surface a support59, curved on one side, as shown, and screwed to the rear edge thereof.Extending downwardly from the sliding plate 58 are two fingers G0, whichstrike stops 4Gl as the plate 57 IOO IlO

The parts being in the position shown inv Fig. 2, a wrapper cut to theproper size from a tobacco-leaf is placed on the sliding plate 58 andcurved face of the support 59. The

cam 56 on the continuously-running main shaft 3 at this moment acts onthe arm 55,

rocking the shaft 3 backward and with it the arms 53, that carry theplate and support on which the wrapper is placed. The plate and supportholding the wrapper continue to move backward toward the rolling-tableuntil the fingers 60 strike pins 66, projecting from the side of therolling-table. The sliding plate 58 will then be arrested, but the plate57, carrying the support 59, continues its movement until it covers orpasses over the plate 58. The result of this is to bring the edge of thewrapper which is on the curved support against the paste-roller,supplying it with paste, while that part which had been supported by thesliding plate is left ou the rolling-apron which covers the top of therollingtable. During this operation the filler has entered the pocket inthe rolling-apron, the arm 3l has advanced to the corner 48 of therolling-table, and the slack in the apron has been taken up to make theloop which carries the filler. The arm 3l, advancing with the lillertoward the Wrapper, and the wrapper l on its support moving in thedirection of the filler meet justunder the paste-roller. Thewrapper-support then rapidly returns, but the rolling device continuesto advance, drawing the wrapper, the edge of which it had caught justbefore the wrapper started to return, into the loop or bight and rollingit around the filler, thus forming a cigarette. As the arm 31 passes thepasting device the finger strikes the ratchet-wheel 64 on thepaste-roller, which rotates it sufficiently to bring a fresh supply ofpaste for each wrap- The finger 65 swings on its pivot without operatingthe ratchet 64 when the rolling-l per.

arm returns.

Two brackets 67, secured to the main table 2 at the front of therolling-table, are provided with U-shaped grooves on their top, near the.rolling-table, to receive the cigarette from the rolling-apron- Pivotedto the brackets 67 on a shaft 69 are two knives 68, one on the outsideof each bracket. An arm 70, also secured to the shaft 69, is connectedbya bar 7l with a cam 72 and so timed that, as the rolling and wrappin gmechanisms are retreating, the knives will descend and cut off the roughand ragged ends of the cigarette, making the cigarette of the properlength, the outer sides of the brackets being separated by the length ofa cigarette.

It sometimes happens that a cigarette does not fall into the bracket 67,but clings to the apron, being held there by a little paste squeezed outduring the process of rolling. To remedy this defect I secure to theunder vside of the plate 57 two brackets 73, in which is pivoted a shortshaft 74:, carrying two depending iingers 75 and a stop-finger 76.Should a cigarette fail to leave the apron, on the next advance of theplate 57 the fingers 75 will rock on their pivot and pass over thecigarette, but on the return movement the stop-finger 76, bearingagainst the plate, will keep the iin gers close to the apron ,therebycarrying the cigarette into the U-shaped grooves of the brackets 67. Y

To remove the cigarettes from the machine, after Vtrimming the ends, Ipivot to the brackets and between them a shaft 77, from which projecttwo fingers extending backward just below the U-shaped grooves. An arm78, fast to the shaft, extends downward nearly to the main table, whereit is pivoted to a rod 79, extending under the rolling-table for somedistance, and having a foot-piece to engage with the rolling-arm, which,through the connection described, will rock the shaft, raise thefingers, and eject the cigarette after it has' been trimmed.

yIAI-aving thus described my invention, what I claim isl. In acigarette-machine, the combination of an intermittently-movingfeed-belt, an intermittently-moving endless compressor-belt above thefeed-belt, a table under the com- IOO pressor-belt and extending beyondthe feedbelt, a vertically-.moving knife for severing the unformediiller from the body of tobacco, a vertically-sliding weight havingloose connection with the knife, adapted to be lifted thereby, and torest on the tobacco While the knife continues its downward movement, arolling-apron, a plate secured to the knife and moving with it to formapocket in the apron, a plate hinged to a fixed part of the machine andhaving an intermittent vibratory movement under the knife and above therollingapron, and a take-up device in the latter, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

2. In a cigarette-machine, the combination of an intermittently-movingfeed-belt, an intermittently-moving endless compressor-belt above thefeed-belt, a table under the compressor-belt and extending beyond thefeedbelt, a vertically-moving knife for severing the unformed `fillerfrom the body of tobacco, a vertically-sliding weight having looseconnection with the knife, adapted to be lifted thereby and to rest onthe tobacco while the knife continues its downward movement, arolling-apron, a rolling-table, a roller rocking to and fro over saidtable under the rollingapron, a plate secured to the knife and mov- IIOIIS

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ing with it to form a pocket in the apron, a

plate hinged to a fixed part of the machine and having an intermittentVibratory movement under the knife and above the rollingapron, and atake-up device in the latter, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

3. In a cigarette-machine, the combination of an intermittently-movingfeed-belt, an interinittently-moving endless compressor-belt above thefeed-belt, a table under the compressor-belt and extending beyond thefeedbelt, a vertically-moving knife for severing the unformed fillerfrom the body of tobacco, a vertieally-slidin g weight having looseconnection with the knife, adapted to be lifted thereby and to rest onthe tobacco while the knife continues its downward movement, arolling-apron, a rolling-table, a roller rocking to and fro over saidtable under the rollingapron, a plate secu red to the knife and movingwith it to form a pocket in the apron, a plate hinged to a fixed part ofthe machine and having an interniittent vibratory movement under theknife and above the rollingapron, a take-np device in the latter, andwrapper feeding, pasting and cutting devices, substantially as shown anddescribed.

i. In a cigarette-machine, the combination of a rollin g-table, arolling-apron thereon, the fixed stops U1, the plate 57 earryin g thecurved support 59, and adapted to move toward and from saidrolling-table, the independentlysliding plate 58 earried and guided bysaid plate 57, and the fingers GO on the plate 5S, which fingers, in themovement of the said plate 57 away from the rolling-table, strike thestops Gl, thus causing the sliding plate 5S to be projected from beneathsaid plate 57, substantially as set forth.

5. In a cigarette-machine, the combination of a filler-formingmechanism, such as described, the plate 57 carrying the curved su pport5) and adapted to move toward and from the rolling mechanism, theindependentlysliding plate 58 carried and guided by the plate 57,fingers G0 extending downwardly from said sliding plate, and arolling-table forming a part of the rolling mechanism and having pins GGprojecting from the sides thereof, and adapted to strike the fingers G0:for arresting the movement of the sliding plate 58, while the plate 57and the stop 5) continue their movement, substantially as set forth.

G. In a eigarette-machine, in combination with a wrapper-feed, a shaft74 adapted to rook in bearings secured to the under side thereof,depending fingers 75, a stop-finger 7 6 secured to the said shaft, and arolling-apron -f-O, whereby the fingers 75 will. pass over a cigarettethat may adhere to the apron as the wrapper-feed moves toward thefiller-rolling mechanism, but remove it from the said apron on itsreturn, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal.

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